mcnach

I don't like you much, right now... . . . "No, I don't need a 4-string Jazz" (repeat mantra until I fall asleep, keep credit card away, unplug comput

I think Jazz style basses tend to be heavier purely because their bodies are pretty big. Between my girlfriend and I we own 4 HB basses. With regards to weight, the Precision is average -not heavy-, the 5-string Stingray style is quite light, the 5-string JJ55OP is average and the 5-string JP55OP is pretty light (I think it was 8.6 lbs, mayeb less, I can't recall).

I think the ones that get easily impressed by slap etc tend to not be the ones whose advice I could use... so don't feel bad for not slapping. I find that people [1] tend to learn what they need, and if you had needed it, you would have learnt. [1] by people I mean the kind of people most of us are here, working day jobs and playing music largely for fun. Pro Musicians probably learn everything, I would. I learnt to slap when I ended up in a RHCP tribute band. I had taught myself to do some basic slap, but nothing too fast or complicated. I got praise often while playing RHCP stuff... but the thing is that once you get to it you realise Flea's slap is pretty simple, just fast. So it was a matter of putting the hours, and not as many as I thought at first. There's far tastier slap elsewhere, but people say you're good because you played "Blackeyed Blonde"... :shrug: I've recently had to learn a bunch of Bruce Springsteen songs, and have 'discovered' how many amazing basslines there are hidden there. The bass player, Garry Tallent, had never registered with me... but man, that guy has such a tasty style, very melodic... and I enjoy that far more than any slap-fest. Although it's good to be able to do a bit of everything. Exhibit A: "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen, with one of my favourite basslines of his (Garry Tallent's)

It tends to go down better if you nod, smile and say "that's impressive". Just like when a mate shows you his new car all proud and you don't particularly care... "oh, nice colour!" or something is better than an essay on why you don't rate that car... Humans are funny.

Glad you found it useful. I like the colours to see patterns, but it can get too colourful to the point it is just a mess. I tried colours that I could mentally isolate easily, but didn't really spend much time with that and given the wide range of perception of colours (in particular reds and greens in males), others might prefer other colours. They're easy to modify on the PDF version, or use them to highlight particular scales... I find the 5 string more intuitive, and easier to find the notes I want. The fact that you have 2 octaves across the fretboard in the space of 5 frets is so... liberating! I look at the fretboard a lot less with 5 string basses.

+1 I've played that amp a few times and I always liked what I heard. From the 'not very expensive' amps, it's one of my favourite sounding ones.

Like almost everything in life?

I just made this and thought I'd post it in case anybody finds it useful. PDF: https://www.dropbox.com/s/p9r89rf3241agcl/221030 - 5 string bass fretboard.pdf?dl=1 PNG: edit: ... and while I'm at it, some blank tab: https://www.dropbox.com/s/me10i5xdnbns7ej/5-string-bass-tab-paper (pale grey).pdf?dl=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/48q1e4ralbfpa7g/5-string-bass-tab-paper (grey).pdf?dl=1

One of the first basslines that caught my ear back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Yes, it's very simple and it follows what I call "The Cheesy Chord Progression", but it's just perfect.

Love it!

That Burgundy Mist one, and the Shell Pink as well, are looking at me with 'come to bed' eyes... And I don't even like Jazz necks. I'll walk away fast before my wallet opens...

Now I see what teh whole thing about 6 lying on the bed and one said Adidas was about!!! Crazy!

This. All of it. I use mostly active basses but not exclusively. I haven't found any active-specific issues. I have a bunch of overdrives, they all sound different with each bass, so I adjust to taste but I never found one that just would not work with active basses. If you're boosting the crap out of the onboard EQ I would not be surprised that the results might not be amazing... :shrug: Other than that, no idea.

I'm not so sure about the 'cut straight before bending' technique for this purpose. The kind of 'dead' you might get is not a good kind of 'dead', based on what I've heard (admittedly on Youtube). The other reason is... it's not a guarantee. I used to cut those strings straight before putting a kink on them for a few years before I found out I was risking failure. Never once they failed on me... so it definitely can happen, but it's not a guaranteed thing. Although you can probably 'encourage' it to happen, I don't know.

I like DR Fat Beams... but you need to play them a while before they lose the very bright zing and settle into the mellower thumpier sound I prefer. I never love them to start with, and they get progressively better over the next few weeks. Then I'm good for 2-3 years. They have a good low mid response that I really like.

Enjoying this little NUx Amp Plug thing. The extension cable is unnecessary but I prefer it that way than sticking out the bass. I can put it in my pocket or leave it lying next to me. I should have really got a right-angle jack 'though. Visiting my parents in Spain, took some homework (got a bunch of songs to learn for a band I'll dep in next month) with me. My brother has one of my basses and he brought it over for me. Sounds great. edit: I was really using the mobile for streaming the music but that's what I used to take the pic

I've had quite a few bass wah pedals. My favourite by far is the G-Labs Wo-wee-wah. It's large and heavy, but very adjustable and touch-activated with no noticeable delay, unlike others I had (The Ibanez Weeping Demon was not bad in that respect and the delay was adjustable, good sounding too). I haven't seen these much around (had mine for about 10 years) so I'm not sure how easy to find they are. I use mine alone and also together with overdrive/fuzz and/or octave, sometimes phaser too. That gets pretty synth-like and can be a lot of fun. Here is MarloweDK doing a nice demo. For guitar I've recently been using a Hotone Soul Press II which I really like. It's a dual wah/volume pedal that can also be used as an expression pedal and it's small, but not too small (some of the small ones, like the AMT ones I find a little too small even for my size 8 shoes). Really good sounding and reasonably adjustable. I have never tried mine with bass but I've read about others liking it.

That's almost like a bass store version of Fawlty Towers

This is probably my favourite album of theirs, not a single filler in my opinion. Schenker's tone is delicious.

The Digitech Synth Wah, both guitar or bass versions, will get a very acceptable approximation. However I'd echo what others already said: get the guitarist to do that. It seems a bit silly that he won't. If the bass ends up doing that you need a way to blend a clean bass too so that you don't lose that pumping bass line. I like the idea of using the C4 with an expression pedal blend the talkbox effect in/out. But really... why is the guitarist not doing it? It'd be the best and cheapest solution.

I tried 2. Not perfect balance but good enough, a LOT better than Thunderbirds. The neck still feels long due to the absence of a 'horn' to attch the strap button to. They were very nice, but I chose a VM4 instead. Not nearly as cool, but I found the ergonomics much more to my taste.

Finally got some proper time to check out the app in depth, change effects etc. It's not going to substitute anybody's Helix anytime soon, but it's pretty damn good. It's very easy to get nice guitar sounds, it responds well to turning down the volume on the guitar, cleaning up the sound like you would on a real amp. And for bass... well, you need to build up a preset from scratch as the existing ones are mostly guitar oriented, but it's as easy as picking up the bass amp, tweak to taste, no effects and away you go. When playing along to tracks I actually prefer it without a cab simulation, but maybe I need to explore the IRs a bit more. Anyway, the real reason I wrote this post was to confirm that an inline volume control for the headphones comes in very very handy. I am using this one, it wasn't £3, but £7... or £8 if you buy 2. It makes working with the MP-2 much easier. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08T1YW1JK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

Nux Mighty Amp Plug, without question. The MP-2 version is around £60. There's a new 'PRO' version that uses USB-C rather than micro-USB, and it has a volume control on the unit itself, among other things, if that matters enough to you. I've only had mine for less than a week but I'm really happy with it. The only possible drawback is that the only way to get an additional source (backing tracks whatever) is via bluetooth, no AUX socket. Not a problem in most situations but it's important to know.

I got a little inline passive volume control thingy. It cost £3 or so and it's about 20cm long, so not much to add to your cable. I haven't tried it yet but it should do the trick... I hope!